Dave Duarte is an internet and mobile media educator and consultant. He holds several senior positions in the academic, commercial, and non-profit sectors.
He is founder and programme director of two Executive Education courses: Nomadic Marketing and Mobile Marketing at the University of Cape Town (UCT) Graduate School of Business. He also lectures on the Executive MBA programme at UCT GSB.
Dave is a partner in Huddlemind – a leading provider of corporate digital media and marketing education and educational resources.
Other appointments include:
- Director of the Ogilvy Digital Marketing Academy (a digital marketing and advertising academy for the staff and clients of one of the world’s leading ad agencies)
- Dean of the Digital Media Faculty at The Maharishi Institute of Management (a free university founded by Taddy Blecher, and endorsed by international icons such as Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Richard Branson and the Dalai Lama)
- Public Lead for Creative Commons (CC) South Africa (CC is a non-profit that offers a set of free customizable digital licenses that have been applied more than 300 million times globally)
- Steering Committee member of Silicon Cape, a well supported initiative involving leaders in business and government to help develop the Western Cape into a global hub of high-tech innovation excellence.
- Partner in the South African Blog Awards, an annual awards process that identifies and promotes excellence in the South African blogging community.
His other projects include:
- Co-founder of the 27dinner (a free monthly event that runs nationally on the 27th of every month)
- Co-owner of Muti.co.za (Africa’s most popular online social bookmarking application)
Dave won the “Best Business Blog” category at the 2009 South African Blog Awards. He has subsequently acquired an ownership stake in the blog awards, and so will not be eligible for the award in coming years.
You can Contact Dave to find out more about his services.
